Piano-stool



(N0 ModeL) F. GHR.

PIANO STOOL. Y rNo. 315,323, Patented Apr. 7, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FLORENCE OHR, OF NORMAL, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,323, dated April '1, 1885,

Application tiled November 24, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE OHR, of Normal, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulv Improvements in Piano-Stools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Aforming part of this specification, in which-- Figure I is a'vertical sectional View of my improved piano-stool. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the interior box or receptacle for the sheet-music.

Similar letters of reference `indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

My invention is an improvement in pianostools; and it consists in astool provided with a receptacle in its seat, in which Sheetmusic may be placed.

My invention further consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe several parts, all of which I shallhereinafter fully describe, and specifically point out in the claims. p

In the said drawings, A represents the pianostool standard, which may be of' any wellknown construction, and ornamented to suit the taste of the public.` This standard is provided with the usual means for receiving the screw B, secured to the bottom of the seat.

In the construction of piano-stools now in general use the seat in many cases is simply a cushion, and the sheet-music has often been placed upon the piano, or a table or other sep arate and independent device. By the construction herein shown I am enabled to provide a means which, to a great extent, obviates this difficulty and permits the operator to always have his music within ready reach. This is accomplished by having the seat formed in the similitude of a box, O, properly upbolstered, and provided with a hinged side, D,

drawing the receptacle from the seat, and the sheetsof music can be easily removed from the receptacle E through its open end. When the desired sheet of music has been removed,

.A strap, F, or its equivalent, attached to ther p "f receptacle, furnishes a ready means for withi the receptacle, with such other music not needed, can be inserted in the seat and the` hinged side D closed. I am thus enabled to construct a cheap and substantial stool, and

one that will prove of great benefit to `n1usi f cians, while the hinging of the side D and the 6o insertion of the receptacle do not affect'the exterior appearance of the device in the least.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a piano-stool, the combination, with the standard A and screw B, of a seat, C, provided with a downwardlyswinging side, D, a

removable receptacle, E, within the seat, the l said receptacle having closed top and sides` f` and an open end, through which the sheetmusic is inserted, as herein set forth.

2.71m a piano-stool, theseat G, provided with a hinged side, D, in combination with the receptacle E, having an open end, c, and a strap, F, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of October, 1884.

FLORENCE OHRA.

Witnesses:

THos. SLIDE, MARY S. SLADE. 

